Down the throat shot. What is it, and how to perfect it??

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Originally Posted by difool2

Except that there was a US skipper in the Pacific in WWII who routinely did just that. On the other hand, he didn't make it back on his last patrol. Sam Dealey of the Harder (which is mentioned in the link above).

Gene Fluckey cautioned against the tactic of deliberately holding the 'scope up for a down the throat shot, as if any of the three torpedoes had a rudder lock hard over, then the sub was dead. The Germans at least used the tactic of holding the 'scope up when they had homing torpedoes.

Being stuck at periscope depth with a DD that knows exactly where you are, with torpedoes that don't behave properly = you don't make it back from patrol.

Forewarned is forearmed.